“A Tiny Piece Of Masking Tape Over A Coworker’s Mouse Laser”: 35 People Share Genius Yet Harmless Ways To Prank Others
If there’s something we've learned from the holy grail of television, aka The Office (except from everything about life, work, love and so on!), it's that a little trick and a tiny troll here and there do no harm. Hands up, everyone who remembers the prank on Dwight’s tape recorder!
Real life is no exception. To make our mundane reality a little more adventurous and somewhat hilarious, people come up with the most ingenious little ways to mess with others. “What are some harmless ways to [mess] with people?” someone asked on Ask Reddit, and oh boy, Pandora's box was opened.
Read on below for the best responses, and please, don’t try this at home! Or try at your own risk, which should be not only minimal, but basically nonexistent.
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My grandpa does this thing where he stops in the busy street and starts staring into the sky as if he’s seen something amazing. It doesn’t take long for other people to stop and stare too, once he’s reaches critical mass he quietly slips away chuckling to himself.
Edit, he’s in his 90’s now but when he was a teenager he was a bit of a young tearaway and had a pet monkey, which is weird considering this was the UK.
Edit 2: holy c**p this blew up overnight. And on my cake day too!
I had an older male relative that did the same. One time he unknowingly pointed and stared right at a kitten stuck on a ledge. Someone had binoculars and commented on his great eyesight. He didn't say it was a prank. Kitten was saved
Your grandpa needs to meet my Dad. Peas in a pod. Have a great Cake Day!
This is great. Saw a one panel cartoon that I had on my fridge for a while. A group of people standing around staring at the sky with some of them pointing. There is another man just standing there looking confused. The caption read "if you think it's a bird or a plane, why are you all staring and pointing?"
cake day? ive seen that on other ppls reddits. i still dont get what ot means?
It's the day they made that account on Reddit. Kind of like a reddit bday.
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Buy a set of “Voice Activated” or “Motion Activated” stickers from Amazon, and the possibilities are endless
I put a "Copier is now Voice Activated!" sign on the office copier a few years ago on April Fools' Day, and sat in my office listening to people throughout the day. Funnest day at work I've had in a long time!
I bought a roll of "for rectal use only" stickers and did the same thing at work
I did same, my personal favorite was the jug of fryer oil
Load More Replies...My husband bought a roll of "for rectal use only" medical stickers off amazon and put them everywhere...it was quite entertaining.
I bought the same thing but I put them on watermelons and pineapples at my local supermarket.
Load More Replies... Every other week or so I'd change which side my coworker's drill's belt clip was on, 2 screws and 30 seconds for a maddening payout. Idk if he ever caught on, as he sadly passed away last year.
I got a huge kick out of doing it though. Might bring that one back as most of us share the same brand of drill. He got a great one on me.
Every day or two he'd hide a Magic the Gathering card in my toolbox, never the same spot twice. Genuinely made me mad when I'd pick something up only to see another card hidden beneath.
Eventually I had enough cards to completely cover his locker door inner and outer, he never took them off. Even cut out cards to fit the vents on the locker. I spent a good hour or two on my day off making it. Proud of that one. RIP Chris. Pranks haven't been the same since you left. Your locker still remains covered in Magic cards and nobody has questioned it to this day.
Senior prank at my high school a few years ago, they let 3 chickens lose: numbered 1, 2, and 4.
School took forever looking for the 3rd chicken
one of my relatives did this. they let two guneia pigs in the school named 1 and 3 and the school spent forever looking for the second one
This isn't original. It's usually pigs set loose in the school. Pigs make more sense IMO
it's original to those that have never seen it. -- never understood when someone criticizes a film clip because it "is fake". i don't care if it is fake or not if it makes me laugh or something.
Load More Replies...Senior prank at my high school: bricking up the main entrance. The administration was not amused in the slightest.
That was on "kidding" I think. Not saying it doesn't happen, it was just the first time I had ever seen it and thought it was pretty genius.
Occasionally I get Christmas cards sent to my address meant for the previous homeowners, wrong address etc. I take these cards and mail them to my friends and family with their correct names and addresses etc and with their return address. I can imagine them sitting around their table scratching their heads wondering who the hell the O’Reilly family is, in a family picture all dressed up in their Christmas garb sending them a Christmas card. A couple times I than learned that the next year out of courtesy, my relatives would then send the unknown family a Christmas card from them, and than that family is like who the hell are these people.
Before people were more security conscious about their phones, I would amuse myself at airports by searching for open Bluetooth connections and send a random picture off my phone. Put the phone down and wait for someone's phone to chime, and watch their face while they wonder who the hell sent the pic of a beach.
If you're in the US, this is a federal crime. It's not your mail. You're supposed to cross off the addressee (leaving it legible) and write "return to sender - not at this address."
There's a small cafe near me who sent a Christmas card purporting to be from one of their rivals to another big chain rival that said something like, "Glad your bosses never found out guys! We always have your back. [signed etc] P.S. We still watch the tape!" Tape - when CCTV was still recorded on gigantic plastic film reels incased in a black plastic shell of similar proportions to the box that beats noise cancelling headphones come in ..
Hahahahaaaa -good response - I need to share this response with my guy...I'm always saying, "tape" and he always teases me to death...
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I put a tiny piece of masking tape over my co-worker’s mouse laser on April fool’s day one year, wrote “April fool’s” on it. He troubleshot every single thing except examining the mouse. He eventually called IT who simply turned the mouse over and pointed it out to him.
I did this to my coworker, as well as flipping his screen orientation upside down, and rearranging a few of his keyboard keys :D
Load More Replies...I used to do this to a co-worker also, but my team took it one step further and back when a wireless mouse was new, we linked a wireless mouse and keyboard to his computer and periodically throughout the day we'd move his mouse around and, while he was typing, we'd type in things like "we're watching you," etc. He spent the day paranoid, thinking IT was watching him specifically. I don't think we ever confessed it was us.
If you can see your coworker’s screen from where you sit, plug in a second wireless mouse when they’re not around. Then when they try to use their mouse, don’t do anything wild or they’ll suspect something immediately. When they’re using their mouse, just very, very slowly move the second mouse in very small movements, and it will utterly derail anything they’re trying do. It will drive them mad. 😈
It also works if your spouse is working from home in the room above you.
Load More Replies...I tuned my husband's mouse off so he'd turn it over to check it. He found a very disturbing Nick Cage face taped on it.
Plug the mouse into the wall with a charger, that way the mouse lights up but doesn't do anything. This prank 2.0
My grandpa glued a quarter to his driveway near the sidewalk and sits in his living room and watches people try to pick it up. I didn't know this till I found a quarter in the driveway one time.
Someone did this outside the elevator in the science building of a community College where I teach. As a life long coin picker upper, of course I tried to pick up the quarter. Next time, I brought a flat head screwdriver in my purse. Worked like a charm. I kind of hope the wankers who glued it down recorded it.
It will be fun in retirement to troll people like this out of sheer boredom, and have the time to enjoy it
When in an elavator with strangers (or just walking thru a lobby) casually look down and say "oh wow they really did a good job getting the blood out".
I gotta try that one. Also, seeing someone sitting on a bench alone, sit down, and in a whisper ask "Did you bring the money?"
When someone knocks on the public washroom door you are in respond with come in!
Oh s**t! I just commented this. Clearly great minds do think alike =]
Load More Replies..."What?" "Nope" "Open this door!" "Not even close" You've got three seconds! One! Two! Threeee?"
Load More Replies...I do this every so often because it's kind of a game to me to see how long I can keep it up till the person catches on. I repeat the last word the person says in question form. Example: "Hey, me and Jenny are headed to Jim's Pizza Hut." "Jim's Pizza Hut?" "Yeah, you know the one on F street." "F Street?" Over there near the harbor with the big carousel." "Carousel?" "Yeah, you know the one you went with me and Jane." "Jane?" "My girlfriend." "Girlfriend?" "Ok, what the f**k is wrong with you?" Once they call you out and have caught on the game ends. I've carried on a conversation over an hour once doing this. It's really awesome when the person you are doing it to has gone through this a few times with you. My daughter has gotten me a few times herself and she'll laugh on and off for the day at my expense. Her husband has called me an a*s for teaching this to her a few times too.
Yeah the game he plays with his friends to frustrate them
Load More Replies...I do this to my kids all the time. But not as a joke, just repear what they say to me. It somehow appeases them. 🤷🏼♀️
I tend to repeat what people say because I don’t have social skills. I try to copy what they’re doing
Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
My son can make dolphin sounds to perfection. We were on a dolphin excursion and he would randomly do the sounds. People kept looking over the sides to see the dolphins. He also confused the operator because he kept looking around for dolphins. One of our best family vacation memories.
Go to your fave search engine and enter "how to sound just like a dolphin." See what comes up. Good luck!!
Load More Replies...The best part would be that he could actually attract some dolphins around if they were able to hear him.
Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
So many people that need to see this, thank you for proclaiming your faith :) Please, no one downvote this person, as what they have to say is not harmful in any way :) <3
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When I order coffee and they ask for the name I say “Green. Like the sky.”
And now I'm wondering if there's more to get, other than that the sky isn't green.
Load More Replies...This made me laugh. I remember reading a story where a person in Starbucks said their name was "Marc, with a C". The coffee cup then had "Cark" written on it. Funniest thing ever. Love that barista
Ah like when you are annoyed at the person at the other end of the phone and you say things like P for Pterodactyl. * oh my, I just had to Google how to spell that (my anxiety won’t let me type a fancy word and look stupid if it’s wrong) and for the first time in my life I actually knew how to spell it and Google didn’t think I was trying to write a word in a long lost language and try to translate it. If someone had asked me face to face how to spell it I wouldn’t have a clue :O ** edit: after all that, I made a typo and had to correct it 🤦🏼♀️ Moment’s gone
Thank you for sharing that moment. I felt it. 🙂
Load More Replies...I usually say some silly name, when asked how it's spelled I say "same as aubergine, but with Z at the end".
well for starters, the sky isn't green . . .
Load More Replies...Sure, as in Norman Greenbaum's 60s hit "Spirit in the Sky". Any barista would catch the reference.
God bless you and God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late!
My personal favorite is: Sit down on a park bench next to someone. Slide a manila enevlope with a picture of a random person from the net to them and say, "It has to be done by Friday and it has to look like an accident." Then get up and walk away quickly.
Maybe just a picture of some scientific-looking equipment and "I need it by Friday. The code to the lab is 63427." A little less dangerous.
My favorite move is to wait until someone hands me a document and run away yelling "DEMITRI! DEMITRI! I HAVE THE SECRET DOCUMENTS!" Went over real well in college on exam day.
Just dont put a pic of a person in there, maybe a note saying..gotcha! or something similar....
Load More Replies...I would do this! I'd use a stock photo of some random person and inside the envelope, I'd include some obvious fake details about their habits etc, then in smaller print at the bottom type, "You have been pranked, Your mission should you choose to accept it is to pass the Prank/ Envelope along"
Ooh, I like that twist! I was thinking about adding an internet link that would rickroll them, but the keep it going motion is better
Load More Replies...Too much of a chance someone would take this seriously if you use a random person's pic in the folder. Much safer if you use a pic of a cat or dog lol
When you shake someone's hand, move yours left to right. As they do the traditional up and down, a hilarious circle ensues.
The child in me is laughing so hard I'm crying right now. These are fantastic!!
Picturing two businessmen doing this with expressions of clear confusion has tears rubbing down my face 😂
Load More Replies...I once spent like twenty minutes with my friends inventing uncomfortable handshakes
Put your thumb in the middle of your thumb and try to shake someone's hand. Don't grab their hand, just allow them to either grab your wrist or your fingers
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Say "no pun intended" after a sentence where there was clearly no pun.
I sent ten dad jokes to friends to see if any of them got a laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
"I know what you are thinking. Enrique. It is a girl's name. No pun intended." From the movie Rat Race
On a similar vein, I will occasionally say with a pervy smirk "not a euphemism" after the most random phrases. "We're going to go to the grocery store ...not a euphemism this time" *waggle eyebrows*
Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
Edit: For PSA
Hide something around their house. My weapon of choice was tiny rubber ducks.
Open a drawer? Duck.
I need a spoon. Duck.
Lovely picture of their wedding with a nice frame? Duck on top.
Charging box? Duck.
Bubble bath? Duck.
Seldom used shoes? Duck.
Winter coat pocket they won't use for months? Duck.
Its ducking delightful how much mileage you can get out of tiny ducks.
PSA: Be extremely cautious in the case of households containing animals and small children. Both like putting little things in their mouths and other orifices so might be best to avoid Ducking these individuals/ensuring things are definitely out of reach.
I think this is the first ever time I've seen someone write ducking and actually intend to type ducking
Yeah... for a couple years those have been hidden around my middle school. The tradition was still going when I left.
Load More Replies...I do this to my kids, who are now grown. One of them loves llamas. The other loves piggies. And the oldest is a photographer. So, I collect llama things, piggy things, and camera things… and when I go visit them, I hide these things somewhere in their houses. After I’ve left, I love getting the photos of the items when they find them. Most recently: My youngest daughter was visiting my oldest daughter. I went to visit them both. I hid a little piggy thumb drive I found inside some socks in the youngest one’s suitcase. And I left some llama shaped salt and pepper shakers on the breakfast table for my oldest daughter to discover. :)
I cleaned out the kitchen one year and shoved in the back of a drawer was a stack of Hannah montana napkins from my 4th birthday. (I'm 21 now) and I meticulously cut out miley cyrus's face from them and slowly covered every single picture of my brother in the house with miley cyrus. mom didnt notice til she was getting ready to redecorate for christmas like 3 months later
get the 100 pack of tiny babies from amazon and hide them EVERYWHERE
My mom went on vacation several years ago and I bought 100 tiny, plastic ducks and hid them all around her house. Then, a few months ago, she went on vacation again and, THIS time, I hid 120 tiny plastic sheep! She is still finding sheep and has even found a couple of ducks that she missed! LOL!
So hiding a cyanide tablet in my dad's coffee wouldn't be a similar prank?
When you're talking to someone, just keep handing them random items. They'll just keep taking them without realizing it.
Oh yes. I've done this to friends and family and almost always takes a few minutes before they realize what's happening. Usually after their hands are full and can't figure how to take the 7th or 8th item without dropping something
Sounds like something the impractical jokers have done. Well I guess most of these could probably be seen on their show 😂
Load More Replies...I've walked up to people (friends, family, collègues) and say "here take this" and hand them something random and then walk away. The best was when i handed my manager a printer then clocked out for the night.
If you want to end a conversation, take your sock off and hand it to them without a word.
My son (30 yo) still tries to hand me trash and used tissues. The mom hand used to automatically open but I wised up
My year 6 teacher told us to do it while our mum or dad was on the phone. He was a comedian that one. Best teacher I ever had, tied in first place with my teacher form the previous year. All the upcoming year 5s and 6s will have their last two years of primary school, the best last two
Does this work the other way around? Like someone is relentlessly talking to you and you are kind of forced to listen so you hand them stuff?
I'd imagine they too would mindlessly accept at least the first item. We are wired to accept whatever someone hands us. Definitely try it next time!
Load More Replies...This one is harmless but occasionally can drive someone mad. My mom has a bunch of framed family photos hangin on a wall. One day I was visiting I took them all down and scanned them with a little hand scanner. I photoshoped small changes on them, removed some people from some photos, added a couple of celebrities in the background, etc, print them out and replaced them a few days later. I can't forget her face when she realized it was me and she was not losing it.
My coworker has 5 kids and a wife, and a family photo on his desk - I did the classic “tape Nicolas Cage’s face over top of everyone else’s face” trick and it’s been literal months and not a single person has noticed!
Load More Replies...God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
This person is not saying anything harmful or inappropriate, so there is no need to downvote them. Be kind to one another and just ignore the things you don't like.
Load More Replies...My friend was logged into his twitter on my tablet so I kept changing his profile picture to a banana.. he thought someone hacked him and tweeted about it.. I replied to the tweet using his profile.. it got so bad he was arguing with himself on twitter.
At work, people didn't always remember to log out of their Google accounts on shared computers. I always did a few fun searches before checking them out (nothing horrible just weird). I also left a reminder in the drafts about the importance of logging out.
We used to do that too. Whenever we found someone logged into Facebook or some other social media on the communal work computers we would change their profile picture to something ridiculous, change some of their bio like their ages/occupations and post a single status about how we will remember to log out next time.
Load More Replies...Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
I understand there is good intentions in this, but luckily I don't think anyone will be planning to kill themselves while reading a joke page. (if there is DONT DO IT)
Load More Replies...God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
When I was a corrections officer we had a guy who worked with us who was kind of a d**k to everyone, and he was computer illiterate. We took a screenshot of his desktop and moved all of his icons off of it so it looked legit but nothing worked. It took him an hour before he finally called IT and they figured it out pretty quickly. He wouldn’t talk to any of us for about a week.
You need to take this to the next level. Take the screen shot. Load it in paintbrush. Rotate the image 180deg. Set it as the desktop wallpaper. Next go into your screen settings and rotate the display 180deg. THEN hide the icons and toolbar. The mouse controls will be flipped too. Yes I am 100% evil.
I had a colleague, great guy by the way, who would make an exell sheet for every weeks progress on a project. Not simply updating 1 exell sheet each time, but creating a completely new sheet, marking the second 'week 2' for example, and would fill out this form again to save it seperately. After weeks and months his desktop was cluttered with loads and loads of files making it one big mess. As an april fools prank, I made a print screen of this 'mess' and turned it into his desktop background. So each time he'd move or delete a file, the 'picture' of it would stay. Drove him nuts, took him a full hour to finally call the It guy, which took another hour or so without finding the 'bug' and ended up reinstalling his entire computer system. This was 12 years ago, i still don't have the guts to tell him...
I did this to my boss one time. "WTF! None of my icons work anymore! I rebooted 3 times" I'm in IT. That was an IT Manager.
Yeha - this this to someone but as it was under XP I was able to go a few steps further... The right mouse button did not do anything in XP so ... they were swapped. But the bit I am most proud of - the minimum screensaver time out is 1 minute - but in the config files this is recorded as 60 seconds - bothing stopping a manual entry of 1 second being put in there. Ever used a PC with no working mouse button and a 1 second screen time out :)? ... Next time the mainframe operators want a nice cup of coffee - let them have one.
We played a prank on someone by flipping the desktop upside down on their screens then turning the monitors upside down so the cables were at the top. This put the desktop back the right way round. It took them a while to work out what was "slightly off" (The screens were attached to arms so people could angle the screens and set the hight to what they needed)
In the early 80s I pranked a coworker (who was a good friend) by changing all the colors on her computer monitor to black. She came to me for help. I sat down, pressed a few keys then said in a horrified voice "What did you do?!"
I worked for the IT help desk at school and we had one coworker nobody could stand. So my friend took a screenshot and set it as his background. Removed the actual icons and locked the computer so when he logged in nothing worked. We were the IT desk so he had nowhere to go for help since the IT coworkers set this up.
Whenever I visit my extended family across the country, I bring a bag full of random remotes that I don’t use anymore. Just random remotes that go to old dvrs or anything really. Just hide them around their house, they only recently caught on.
Just found a new use for all my old remote controls 😎
Load More Replies...You can't. If you get rid of an old key you haven't used in 20 years, just as soon as it's too late, you'll need that key.
Load More Replies...When my son was younger he and I purchased a box of remote controls for garage doors at a yard sale. Then for many months on the weekends we would drive around neighborhoods pressing the buttons to see which garage doors open or closed. Sometimes we would get where someone was just leaving and see the garage door closed and we happen to hit on the right one to make it open and then they would stop close it it start to move again and then we would close it. He and I spent several months getting great laughs out of this and now I think I'm going to continue the tradition with grandsons...
Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
Objection, Your Honor. On the grounds of irrelevance
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If I know someone is walking a little ways behind me and I turn a corner with nobody else around I like to run 10-20 steps to widen the gap and then laugh to myself thinking that the person behind me will be confused.
I doubt anyone ever notices but I get a kick out of it every time.
I do something similar. Occasionally I point at someone and yell "THERE HE IS! GET HIM!"
I find this rather dangerous and in some cases could appear racist. In my area, that could get you hurt. I've been cussed out for being on my phone and not saying hello to someone. I've seen it escalate too. If you don't like someone walking too close to you, slow down and let them pass.
Sometimes when I'm out with my family I'll break into a run and start shouting "help me", as if the people behind me (my family) are after me. Probably don't fool anyone but still I get kicks outta doing it 😉
I do this when I think a cop is coming after me for speeding. LOL
Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
At work: give them a "While You Were Out" note saying a "Mr. Fox" called for them and write on the note the number for your local zoo.
Someone left a phone message for my sister from Myra Maines and the number was a funeral home. When she called back and asked to speak to Myra Maines, the lady who answered told her there was no one there by that name, my sister read back the number and asked if she was sure because there was an urgent message on her desk to call Myra back. The lady who answered the phone said "You just don't get it do you lady? Myra Maines... my remains... THIS IS A FUNERAL HOME!" My sister was so embarrassed and vowed revenge on all of us who worked with her!
Did that with an animal birth control clinic. Made an appointment for a human friend to get fixed. He actually showed up because of the appointment reminders. He was so confused when he came back and we were all laughing, had to give myself up because he was so lost on how his dr gave him that referral for medical.
A student at my school had the name "Mike Hunt". There were rules about how you could use his name on the PA. (Well, after a certain announcement, there were.)
Every school had a "Mike Hunt" in the 90's and 00's lol
Load More Replies...I was talking with a supervisor and I happened to have like 4 hard boiled eggs in my jacket pocket for lunch. So while talking with stuff, I took out an egg, cracked and shelled it and ate it. The conversation kept going so I did it again but I could see he was growing quizzical. I waited a few more minutes, pulled out another and ate that too. By then I could tell he was like WTF. The conversation was wrapping up so I pulled the last one out and he stopped mid conversation and asked me, “how many f$cking eggs do you have?” I just shrugged, shelled, and then ate, the last egg.
How does one happen to have 4 hard boiled eggs in their jacket pocket?!
Some things don't require an explanation 🤣
Load More Replies...Ah, yes, I too have bewildered people with TARDIS pockets in my jacket
When at work, tell someone: I’m going to the bathroom do you need anything?
Anytime a coworker tells me they're going to the bathroom, I tell them, "mention my name, you'll get a better seat."
First time one of my coworkers told me she was going to the “little room at the end of the hall” I had no idea what she meant so I just blurted out “have fun!”. Since I’ve learned that means she’s going to the bathroom I’ve added “but not too much!”. :p
I laughed so unnecessarily hard at this...in public...I may have snorted 😆 🤣
Anytime someone at my work says they're going to the bathroom I say "okay, have fun."
Dios bendiga a Todos los que estan leyendo esto! Deseo que tengan un hermoso dia! Buscad a Dios mientras pueda ser hallado! Jesus es el camino y el unico camino y regresa pronto! Recuerda cuando te sientas que no eres amado... el mayor sacrificio se hizo por amor! EL SUICIDIO NUNCA ES LA RESPUESTA! Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo, que ha dado a su Hijo unigénito, para que todo aquel que en él cree, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna. S. Juan 3:16 RVR1960 La paga del pecado es muerte (infierno) pero Cristo pagó nuestra deuda en la cruz para nuestra salvacion! Debemos volvernos a Dios y apartarnos de nuestros caminos pecaminosos, confesar que Jesús es el Señor y creer con nuestro corazón que fue resucitado de entre los muertos por Dios, y debemos de ser bautizados en el nombre del Padre, del Hijo y del Espíritu Santo y vivir por Su palabra y mandamientos! Confia que Dios ayudara con el resto! Busca a Dios, antes de que sea muy tarde! A Dios Sea La Gloria!
God bless anyone reading this! Hope you have an awesome day! Seek him while you can! Jesus is the way and the only way and he is returning soon! Whenever you think you aren't loved... Remember the ultimate sacrifice was for love! ENDING YOUR LIFE IS NEVER THE ANSWER! For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 KJV The wages of sin is death (hell) but Jesus paid our debt on the cross, for our salvation! We must turn to God and away from our sinful ways, Confess Jesus is Lord and believe with our hearts that he was risen from the dead by God, and we must be baptized in the name of the Father, the Son and The Holy Spirit and live by His word and Commandments! Trust that God will help with the rest! Seek God today before it's too late! To God Be The Glory!
Reassure people there's nothing wrong with the item they are about to use. Right before they sit down: "there's nothing wrong with that chair"
Also, putting emphasis on suspicious words can help season this one. "Oh, don't worry. There's nothing wrong with *this* bag of chips." Or using air quotes in vaguely threatening ways: Here you go honey, some fresh "pancakes". (Can also work on the word fresh in this example)
When driving I like to wave at random people as if I knew them. Hilarious to see instant confusion on their faces
I do this, except I think I DO know the person. Turns out it's not who I thought it was, they look confused and I just look dumb. Lol
I was at a stop light once, and there was a dark pickup truck across from me, and the driver was waving. I couldn't see their face, just their arm waving because the back window was behind it. I'm frantically trying to remember who do I know that drives a dark pickup truck, and should I just wave? What if they are waving at someone else? The lights going to change! I have to do something! And then a cloud moved in front of the sun and I could see the driver - and the dog next to him wagging its tail.
Load More Replies...I live in a smaller community where we wave at everyone whether you know them or not. It's merely considered common courtesy so this prank would not work so well here.
Until I got contacts, I used to wave at random people coming down the hall at work - because I didn't want to look like a jerk for ignoring people that I knew. In reality, I couldn't tell who the hell the person was from far away. Sometimes I knew the person, sometimes I just looked like a really friendly weirdo.
Wouldn't work where I live, everyone waves at every other car, very rural
Same here - if somebody waves, I just assume they know my truck and wave back... or they thought it was somebody else, but still wave back because I'm Canadian and that's how we roll. :D
Load More Replies...My dad is a Shriner, and marched in parades for years. One was on the eastern side of the state (we lived on the western side, three hours drive away). After the flag, the next parade slots are always local politicians, riding in cars draped with their name and party affiliation. One stuck in Mom's head for some reason. At the town park afterward, Mom saw this particular politician again, and called him from across the park by his first name. He's working the crowd, and comes over. She says how wonderful it is to see him again and all. Poor fellow was totally wracking his brain, trying to figure out where he'd seen her. She acts like he should know, "reminds" him of her name. The poor guy couldn't remember for anything who this woman was that he'd never met. When she came clean, he promised he would never forget her.
My classmates in primary school loved waving at people when we walked down the street on the bus. We were a very friendly, happy class and we’d wake at people through store windows or seeing them in the gym, walking down the street, anything! Everyone always smiled and waved back
One of my favorite memories with a cousin was the time he was driving & hit a dead end & turned around in a driveway that had people outside. He hollered out "Hey! I haven't seen you since the wedding! We brought the kids! Hope you've got food!" We had no idea who these people were & they just waved back, looking confused. We laughed about it for years. Fast forward 20 years & I gleefully went up to him at his wedding reception & repeated it word for word. He started laughing so hard he had to sit down.
My brother in law does the same. I always wave at children in public transports, and whenever I'm on a hop on, hop off touristy bus.
When my husband pours his coffee into his mug and turns around to get milk out of the refrigerator, I pour his coffee back into the coffee pot or into my mug. I cackle as I run out of the room.
Sadly, I'm at the age where I once looked all over the house to find my cup of coffee. Then I saw the clean mug in the dish drainer and realized I hadn't poured it yet.
Yes, also came here to say that depending on who you try this on, it could be a good way to get murdered
Load More Replies...A lady in my office wouldn’t stop talking about gas lighting and people who were gaslighting. So we told her it was actually called “gaslamping” and she has the term wrong. Took a bit of convincing but she started using that term and telling everyone else they were wrong too. A week later we changed it back to gaslighting.
This is the only acceptable kind of gaslamping 😂
Load More Replies..."Inconceivable!" "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
Our neighbour has chickens. About once a week or so we would sneak over and put extra eggs in the lay box, so it looked like the chickens had been on a laying spree. So fun chatting with them, trying to work out why sometimes the chickens were super producers and sometimes not. It ended when we put a chocolate egg in there, they worked it out then 😄😄
Bonus points for putting in eggs that already have stamps on the shell (size certified, or another farm's logo, etc.)
Once upon a time Walt Disney had a small pet turtle. He had special food for it and made much of it. His animators replaced it every couple days with a slightly bigger one so it quickly "grew" from a couple inches to more than a foot wide. Walt Disney was thrilled is special food for his turtle worked so well. Secret grins all around. Then the animators reversed the process...
Not a good idea generally stored bought eggs have been washed which do not preserve well outside of a refrigerator
It depends on the country...lots of places do it differently... https://www.organicvalley.coop/blog/why-does-us-refrigerate-eggs
Load More Replies...This is all fine and dandy, and funny...fresh eggs, if not washed, can be stored outside of the refrigerator...so if they do this, and are also storing the store bought eggs like this, could be trouble....its still a cute joke though 😊
Say "I don't want to sound racist, but" and then say something completely positive yet irrelevant. "I don't want to sound racist, but the sun looks lovely on those flowers".
I don't want to sound racist but it is very anxiety inducing.
Load More Replies...I like this a lot! I'm not racist, but, chocolate chip cookies are the most popular cookies for a reason.
I love this and use it often with close friends and family. Yesterday I said, "not to sound racist, but I have to go to the post office in the morning."
As someone who has been REPEATEDLY victimized and minimized by racism, this is NOT funny. Please review your views.
You could say "curious" instead. Less chance of offending someone, and you still get to prank people. "I don't want to sound curious, but this cake is delicious" will learn people puzzled and no one is going to think you're insensitive
Look at their forehead, ear, or chin during the entire conversation. Call in sick to a place you don't work. At the deli, ask for the most human tasting meat they have. Go to the grocery store and ask for Gomber. "You know, it's kind of red, and you put it on mayo sandwiches." Ask if they like your perfume and get them to smell your neck, wrist, ankle, or other body part. Don't actually be wearing any perfume.
Yeah, should be higher up. Edit: if this get to number one, no I’m not stupid, it was #32
Load More Replies...The first one though I naturally do. I can’t make eye contact physically so I look at their forehead or chin or mouth and focus on the words or their ear. Still really uncomfortable but not as bad as eye contact
Eye contact sucks! I grew up with a wall eye and still have troubles with it. I look between their eyes :)
Load More Replies...I like the second one the most. Calls pizza place “hi how can I help you?” “I’m sick. Can’t come in today”
I'm doing this...if my work didnt know my phone number, I would do it to them just to see what happens...we do have a bit of a high staff turnover so it could be legit.
Load More Replies...These are all oldies. Next you'll say, "Call into Moe's and ask for Amanda Hugginkiss".
If two neighbors have opposite political signs during an election, swap them
I love American politics. You only have 2 parties, the one you don't like is the devil, then you complain all day that the country is so divided, get online and try to antagonize each other in every place you can find to cram asinine comments in 😂😂😂
Load More Replies...But also don't do this because while hilarious it's absolutely illegal and you can face criminal charges for tampering with political lawn signs (even if no one cares about the trespassing part...)
Annnndd...you've brought out the politics. No faster way for a wholesome and funny thread to turn ugly. Such a shame.
Great. You will unite those two divided neighbors in a common cause - burning down your garage.
We have a dude in our neighborhood that is a trump supporter. Don't ask why but I have a box of 50 or so blank flags I've been sitting on for several years. When he hangs his dipshit trump flag I sneak over at night take down his flag and replace it with one of my blanks. After a week or two he buys a new trump flag and the process repeats. I've got probably 12 or more of his trump flags. He has just recently started telling people the trump flags he's been buying fade completely out over night. I'm not sure why I've gotten so much satisfaction from him thinking the flags he's been buying are c**p. All I know is I've got a bunch more blanks and plenty of time on my hands.
Lmao just wait until he finds out then post an update
Load More Replies...Just letting you guys know, all presidential candidates are old a*****e in one way or another. Sometimes we just need a fresh a*****e.
My husband and I went out to dinner with my dad. When we were wrapping up dinner, my husband snuck outside and put a magnetic sticker of the candidate my dad hated on my dad's bumper. When we got outside, my dad FLIPPED HIS LID! He was looking around frantically to see who had put the sticker on his car, cursing up a blue streak. I laughed so hard I almost wet my pants!
The movie theater in my town is usually mostly empty. There's been a couple of times when I've come in to get seated and there's literally only one other person in my auditorium.
There's an evil part of me that wants to just go sit right next to them. Not illegal, but it should be.
Sooo.. if you're a guy, and the person is a female.. this would just be creepy and intimidating
Whenever I walk into an mostly empty movie theater I always exclaim, "there's two seats! Grab 'em!"
I went to a movie with my friends, and apart from a couple 8 rows ahead of us there was nobody else there. A guy walks in halfway through the movie, dressed in all black with black sunglasses and a HUGE keychain (I'm talking 10-11 keys) around his neck, and sits directly behind us. We rushed out after the movie was over because we were a little creeped out but I realized I forgot something and had to run back in... he was still sitting there, hadn't moved a bit. Realized I never heard his keys jingle at all during the movie, so he must have been sitting dead still the whole time. We decided to sit in our car and watch the entrance for a while, and we never saw him leave. I still don't know what to think of the whole thing.
My friend went to an empty theater and the usher said they wouldn't show the picture for one person. He got a rain check.
This happened to me a month or two ago. When I moved down a seat or two he looked offended... WTF man
Your comments have restored my faith in humanity, BP - thank you!!!
(I mean, a lot of people had positive reactions instead of what I assumed would be an "are you crazy, get out of here!" response)
Load More Replies...Some guy on Quora had this genius idea. Grab a highlighter, and randomly highlight one name on a public list (attendance, lunch money, extracurricular classes, whatever). You won't get to see it, but some poor fellow will silently lose their mind trying to figure out why their name is highlighted.
“No no don’t worry. I was told you were the best and brightest person so I highlighted it because highlighters are bright too!”
Load More Replies...Plot Twist: They are now involved in a top secret government testing operation because an official saw the highlighter.
Shout at friends from far away (like at a concert), but gibberish. When they say, "WHAT???" Slowly, phonetically, repeat the gibberish. See how many times they ask, "WHAT???" Before either just agreeing or if you get bored, just randomly go, "OKAY!" liked you agreed to something. "HEY ROY!" "YEAH?" "HAVE YOU RODDY THE SCAN BAKE ON TRIANGLE??" "WHAT??" "HAVE YOU. ROD-DY. THE. SCAN. BAKE. ON. TRI-HANG-GULL??" "... WHAT??" "THE SCAN? BAKE AT ALL? YES/NO??" "... WHAT?" "OKAY! I WILL, THANKS!!" "..."
I hate this because people literally sound like this to me half the time and it's miserable lol. I've got ADHD and suffered a massive head trauma so my perceptions aren't regular and sometimes people sound like Charlie Brown's teacher 🙄
A kid in my class used to do this, drove teacher nuts. He'd also write gibberish in really terrible handwriting when he didn't know an answer and most teachers would mark it correct! Jorge was nuts and handsome, had a major crush on him!
I'm a huge fan of just handing somebody something without any explanation and walking away.
This gives me an idea to just hand a randomly chosen store product and hand it to a randomly chosen customer, whenever I'm out shopping...and then I will just walk away.
I used to do this with pens. I kept a whole pocket load of them on me and would see how many I could give to someone before they caught on. If I could keep the mark talking, it would go on for some time.
When I buy expensive scotch, I’ll mention to the cashier how I bet this will taste amazing when I mix it with Pepsi.
This is along the line of ordering filet mignon at a fancy restaurant, then asking the server when they bring your meal "Could you bring out a bottle of ketchup, too, please?"
I love buying some fancy cheese and telling them it's the only way to get my dog to take pills. Then they'll be all stunned like "$25 for DOG CHEESE!?". Or caviar, which I hate by itself, but enjoy with Doritos. Someone looked like I had kicked them in the nuts when I said that.
Kinda like how my husband orders prime rib and when they ask how he would like it he always says "well done with catsup" just to see the horrified look on their face! Then he orders it rare with horseradish.
After giving a compliment, say “no offense” and watch them struggle to find the non-existent insult.
A woman actually could see this as offensive. Maybe she thinks you're hitting on her. Definitely don't try this with a girl who has a partner with her. I almost punched my brother for saying my girlfriend is hot.
Load More Replies...I feel these days, this should be at the end of every sentence as some get offended just by someone else breathing the same air as them....no offense.
Say "High five" to someone, but don't put your hand up.
I said that to a friend and did finger guns at them; they were confused 😂
Or just make the very start movement as if you are about to put your hand up, as you say the words.
Hold a door open when they're just a little bit too far away, most people will do a funny little waddle run
I always hold doors. The joke comes when they thank me: "well, my parents raised one gentleman. I got tired of his attitude, so I killed him and ate him"
I don't know why this is making me laugh so much...and I'm not racist but, I am going to do this.
I was right behind a guy walking into a convenience store. He opened the door just enough so he could squeeze in. I had to open it so I could get in. No big deal, he is not required to hold the door for me. On my way out I pushed the door open and as I stepped through, my hand slipped and the door closed right behind me....right into the path of the guy who slithered in before me a few minutes earlier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpRO39X1rTk
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I love mistakingly pronounceling words mid sentence only to pronounce them correctly moments later
Yes, you are very clever and funny. In Australia we call that a 'head duck' (but with an F).
we have lots of languages here and I enjoy mispronouncing them so that people correct me.
My favorite thing to do at my coffee shop job is wait until we have a line, tell the first few customers to "have a good day" loudly enough for the rest of the line to hear, and then tell exactly one customer "enjoy your drink" instead. 90% of the time they hit me with a "you too" and I just smile and nod, content in the knowledge that they'll cringe about that for the rest of the day.
Like at a restaurant... server: enjoy your meal! me: you too!... that sh*t keeps me awake at night for at least a week
I just nod and smile. I try so hard not to copy people but when I feel I must talk and repeat what they’ve said but I’ll stuff up, shake my head and start again
When someone tells you to have a good day, look at them kind of quizzically and say 'Oh yeah! That's a good idea. Thanks.' (Like you would never have thought of that yourself.)
Go and buy a 50Lb bag of wild bird seed and spread it over the entire front yard of someone you love. The birds will thank you and you will enjoy wonderful wild flowers next spring it's called Birdseeding. It's the new TP'ing🤓
You can do the same at someone's car, but they will not be thankful for all the bird c**p...
When I was in HS, I carefully watched my buddy open his gym locker for a week so I could memorize his code. The day finally came when I wanted to f**k with him. So I opened his locker, took all his s**t out and left a note that said "go to locker 55". When he got to locker 55 it was another note that said "now go to locker 100". This went on a few times then he finally got to his stuff at the end. It was a good prank and we all had a good laugh about it.
I have a secondary remote that my kids don’t know about. Sometimes I’ll stand out of site and turn up the volume or hit back when they select something to watch. It’s pretty funny.
I have a Roku remote on my phone and do it to my kid all the time. Also have one for her tv in her room and push random buttons
I do this at work - our AppleTV at work uses my login for some reason so I change channels on the app a lot :p you wanna watch Monster Trucks? Too bad, now it’s baby sloths who won’t let go of things 😎
Load More Replies...Yeah.. this sounds like a riot until you realise your kids already do this to you, quietly connecting your TV to Bluetooth speakers, and you wonder why your Netflix volume changes. Damn kids
Most remotes work on any TV that is the same brand. I used to take mine with me when I went out. On my way home, I'd point it through mate's window and hit the power button. The satisfaction when you saw it light up! You crank up the volume! He never once mentioned it to any of us, but he must have been wondering how the f**k it kept happening.
I have a Sleep Number bed with an app that let's you do any adjustments to the bed from your phone. My ex husband also had the app and worked out of town so he would move the bed at times he knew I was in it. Home alone and your bed starts moving on it's own? Absolutely terrifying until you remember 😆
Mail someone a red golf ball every week for a while. Then mail them a green golf ball and stop.
Okay… but what about just regular golf balls? I live just just past a golf course and they have pretty shotty hits and my dad always finds golf balls when taken the dog for a walk. Our dog will pick them up and chew them. And my year 6 teacher used to do golf at that golf course and would find golf balls broken in half and chewed ones and put them in the treasure chest! It was like a prize box but fully a silly things. Like socks and broken Christmas baubles
I think the red / green thing is to make them wonder if it's a code for something. Like "not yet, not yet, not yet, go!"
Load More Replies...Walk up to a couple of your co-workers. Say, “I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you. “ Walk away.
We had this fad with colleague of mine, it became automatically up to the point when we were saying when the other was having break or went to loo.
I hate it when someone at work says 'good luck' as it's always when they leave me with the impossible tasks they were unable to do....'good luck with that!'...🤬
One thing I do is when someone asks directions, I say something like, "If you take a left out of the parking lot, and go down to the light, then turn right, you'll be going the wrong direction. It's actually (give correct directions)."
I was listening to the radio and someone called and asked the dj for directions. He gave them directions... in a circle, right back to where they were when they called. This was before cell phones.
Aaaargh, I'd die - I have a tiny percentage of short term memory that I wrestle to engage when trying to listen and absorb new info - that'd REALLY mess me up!!!
Typical answer when asking for directions in Ireland. Also, the person telling you will provide brief history of family estate you will be passing by.
Say: "nevermind" when someone interrupts you. It will make them more curious about what you wanted to say. Works really well with my siblings.
Yep. I usually say, "Oh, I'm so sorry I was talking while you were interrupting me."
Load More Replies...i dont even need to try. my social awkwardness makes me do this at any point. it veyr muchs annoys when someone tries ask what is said
I always give people the head shake of disappointment just to f**k with them, especially at red lights
I give the HSOD to people who deserve it in traffic and it’s so satisfying sometimes. Pedestrians trying to cross a busy highway with a baby in a stroller, without using a crosswalk or looking both ways cause they assume traffic will see them and stop for them? (Stupidly common where I live) Tsk, tsk, disappointed head shake, enjoy your deathwish.
When having a conversation during a meal, specifically only ask questions to people that are chewing. ETA: I was never a server, but had this taught to me by a dear friend of mine years ago when we used to eat in a public cafeteria and mess with people we just met.
If we start answering them loudly and spraying crumbs and food bits at them, they'll stop doing this nonsense.
my family plays a game every night where someone (rotates every night) asks everyone what they learned that day. we get really into it, staking claim on certain articles, and more importantly: patterns. oldest to youngest, who you saw first that day, a number snuck into the bottom of each plate, etc. a favorite to do is whoevers taking a bite when you're ready to call! it's so funny.
While going up the chairlift at a ski resort my friend and I would call out to someone under the chairlift, call them a random name and yell "WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU AT THE TOP!" usually the person would spend time trying to explain to us they weren't who we thought they were. We'd act like we couldn't hear them and insist we'd wait for them at the top.
I use to hum an off pitch note in orchestra rehearsals while the violins were getting their tuning note.
Hah! I played viola and this would have been a perfect prank. And our HS orchestra conductor had a great sense of humor. Once he lost his baton and rumor has it he conducted with a plunger instead (clean). We were devastated when he moved to another state. Half the orchestra quit. Including me. He taught me how to play during lunch practice. Good thing so many quit, though. The next conductor ended up being a predator and was arrested for victimizing a female student.
Load More Replies...I did this in Band Practice in High School-until my instructor caught me. Had bleacher clean up duty after 5 football games as punishment
Keep correcting them on the pronunciation of your name, even when they are saying it correctly every time.
Always give kudos to whoever can pronounce my maiden name or married name. Both trip people up. My maiden name is German and so far the only ones who got it right first time were also Germanic. Doesn't help a quirky ancestor got the bright idea to randomly change the spelling. Took 75 years for us descendants to find out it had been changed (via Ancestry records).
When they ask what your favourite song or band is, tell them you don't like music. When they ask why say because there are no pictures like movies and tv shows.
Me. It's like the rest of the world went off and learned a bizarre new language while I was playing with myself in the bushes. Can create an awkward gulf between me and music lovers...which is everyone. People lose their minds when they find out I mostly drive in silence and up in my thoughts all year long; I listen to the radio or such MAYBE three, four times a year. Maybe.
Load More Replies...This doesn't work at ALL. I'm someone who's just never connected with very much music and absolutely no one genre for the little I do like. So I just tell people I don't like music. They look at you as if you just told them you occasionally like to flick cigarette ash into your urethra. Then begins them wanting to know what music you DO like, or gods-for-fuggin-bid...they begin trying to force you to listen to THEIR likes in the certainty they will convert you. No, you'll just make me die inside a little and hate you a little more than that. I've had the whole, "LISTEN I TOLD YOU I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT F*****G SONG" battle/debate/disbelief more times than I can count.
Hmmm, you could probably sidestep the whole "confrontation" part by mentioning a popular band, and them letting them respond (or if they ask for more details, redirect it by asking THEM what do THEY like). Most people are wanting to compare tastes and styles, and/or glean something more about you than just your name to remember you by. And both of these will lead to a next step of the "trade" (which is what this part of communication is, for most of the time, imo). If they are trying to keep the conversation going, they will start to talk about what THEY like or dont like, and then will then move onto another topic. It is what many of us have been taught to do to make "small talk" and acknowledge the person there in front of you - it could be the sounds of modems talking back and forth, for all some people care, many of us talkative types were simply conditioned to do the "offer thought, listen for answer," activity, as a way to be polite and pass the time.
Load More Replies...When someone asks for the time: "Excuse me, do you know what time it is?" "Yes." "Yes what?" "Yes sir!"
"Does your dog bite?" "No." *dog bites* "I thought you said your dog didn't bite." "That's not my dog."
I was at the mall many years ago and a girl asked if I knew what the time is and I looked at my watch and said yes then just walked away. True story.
Aaaaugh! My guy loves to do this to me! It inevitably makes me cringe (just like I did there), and he grins like a madman while he does it!!! He also will glibly say, "time to get a watch" and then grins like the sun itself! Aaah, ya jokesters and your shenanigans!
Load More Replies...Put a sticky note on their car that says “sorry I hit your car” and they’ll go crazy looking for nonexistent damage
My brother in law came back to a note on his car. Heart dropping, he picked it up and read it. It said 'Your car is a bit shlt mate'.
This one doubles as an LPT: When you're in a place where you can't walk away (such as a bus stop) and someone approaches you asking for money, smile brightly and say, "Oh, no thank you!" in the same tone of voice you would if a friendly person offered you a piece of cake. It will confuse the person, and they will likely leave you alone. If they ask again, repeat the sentence again. "Oh, no thanks, I'm good!" Smile even more brightly.
I think he means if you don't want to or can't give them money. Also, this works best with family/friends.
Load More Replies...I love a good joke but if someone is asking for money, they are most likely down and out on their luck, best not to mess with them and make them feel worse.
Ummm no. There's churches and charities for that. Donate money to a reputable source not some bum on the street that (extremely high chance) is going to use it for their next fix
Load More Replies...If you ever have a moment with their computer or cellphone use their search engine to look for a bunch of non-sense products and then erase the search history. The algoritm will think they have a interest in said products and put a bunch of adds recomending them for the next few days.
I use this on my own devices to confuse the search algorithms. There's realistically no way to stop them from tracking me, so I just send as much random data as possible to confuse the bots. Want to send me targeted ads? Have fun deciding what to sell a person interested in Marie Antoinette's wig powder, Tibetan throat singing, deep sea fungus, base-eight number theory, and the type of paint used on the hull of the ISS.
Take their phone and change normally typed words to come up as something else. Like “ok” to say “hold on I gotta go change my underwear “ they will hit send too quick to realize it.
Did you know that you can buy a potato with a loved one’s face on it online? You’re welcome.
I'm a historical reenactor, and I was looking for hemp rope on my Dad's Prime account, since hemp was what was used during the Civil War. Evidently the S&M community is now a fan of hemp rope too, so Dad, a retired preacher, started to get some, well, interesting suggestions for what he might like to buy next.
For old remote controlled TVs, Schedule On or Off TV for a random time and see the freak-outs
Did this to my dad. Never fixed it. Still bothers him. He was abusive to me during childhood. Deserves at least TV inconvenience. 😂
im sorry for the abuse. i hope karma will get more then just his tv
Load More Replies...Our new Sony Bravia has this too (useful to fake being at home if you're on holiday).
Sometimes when you do like onlike quizzes they'll ask for an email to send the results too. I like to put random people that I know instead
This is not necessarily as harmless as OP seems to think. Why does a site "need" your email? To spam you - in this case your acquaintance, to sell their data to others, to expose them to phishing attempts, to violate their privacy.
Go out somewhere on a rainy day, like a shop or a restaurant. If it has an umbrella stand, take one of the paper tissues that they provide you and tear it up into little pieces. Sprinkle these into a certain umbrella, and if you are lucky, you may get to see someone go out of the restaurant and open up their umbrella to find a personal, paper snow storm.
For old remote controlled TVs, Schedule On or Off TV for a random time and see the freak-outs
Guys, no downvotes. Accidentally copied. It's the same OP.
I once got my wife a card that said "i hope you get better soon". She said "I'm not sick though" and I said "I know. I just thought you could be better."
put a towel on your wife's shoulders when she's mad. say "now you're super mad". she might laugh. you might die.
No thanks, I like my genitals where they are! If I ever want them in a jar on the mantle I'll be sure to remember this.
I love how everyone's like "oh my god wives have no sense of humor lol". LOL. Some of us laugh, you know. ...unless you're doing this stuff 24/7, in which case you might be right. It gets annoying. XD
Yeah, right??? If I'm NOT being teased or made react from an unusually discriptive comment, I'd be WORRIED - it might mean something is wrong, kinda like when all the kids in a house suddenly go quiet - very sus :) :) :)
Load More Replies...Apparently, YOU could be (a) better (spouse)....for saying that to your wife. Aren't you supposed to be totally in love with her, and she's perfect for you??? (and you for her)
...it could work if you do a little dance while singing it in a Lady Gaga voice... 😂😂😂
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Ask a question and when they are a few words into answering ask "huh?"
Retired teacher, I'd simply say I'm not repeating. Listen next time, or ask someone else. Then turn away and go back to what I was doing. Loved the crestfallen look especially if they were messing with me.
What a lovely way to instil anxiety into someone! /s
Load More Replies...I do this all the time but not on purpose.. my hearing is going..too much Slayer over the years....SLAYER!!
Load More Replies...If you meet them in a party tell them that no matter what everyone else says you are glad they came.
It would have to be someone you know well enough that it wouldn't actually hurt them.
Load More Replies...Get their consent, preferably over dinner and a movie.
The original title on Reddit was 'Harmless ways to f**k with people'. I think they thought it was 'Harmless ways to f**k people'.
Well... you're still f*****g with people, technically.
Load More Replies...It's like you're asking to sleep with them. Like, consent is the most important part. This would be especially confusing if they're already your partner and you have children. Gross and creepy if the person you're taking to dinner IS your child, though...
Load More Replies...For people who like to take up two parking spaces, leave a note that says "Sorry, but you can barely see it"
You're not just pranking, you're doing the Lord's work.
Load More Replies...I did one at my workplace, someone had brought in a big tub of Celebrations chocolates. Once the tub was empty, I stuck a post-it note on it that read: "Do not open unless you are willing to kill it". The tub just sat there for about a month, no-one would go near it.
This would drive me nuts. I would be caught between wanting to open it and kill it, or watching how long people would avoid it. I'm the office superhero for trap and release or killing various critters.
Load More Replies...I loathe practical jokes, because most of the time they are humiliating and mean spirited. These are what practical jokes should be. The chicken one is particularly hilarious 😂
Agree, there were still some on this list that I found a bit mean, but the really harmless ones made me smile
Load More Replies...My dog managed to chew the face off of one of his stuffed toys in such a way that the face is perfectly intact, just separated from the stuffy. My son is a bit grossed out by this bodiless face, as it has been liberally bathed in dog slobber and sketchy mouth odor. Naturally, it has found it's way into his backpack, hoodie pocket, sock drawer, and car gear shift. 😂
I changed “carpark” in the autocorrect in my wife’s phone to “gin bar”. Like when she’s coming home from work and she tries to text “Just walking to the carpark” She doesn’t know how to fix it. It drives her crazy, but still always laughs.
I was at the local Walmart waiting for a curmudgeon to decide what kind of soup he wanted. The supply was limited and he was none-too-happy about it. Kept mumbling and grumbling and may have even cursed under his breath. His phone rang and as he pulled it from his pocket I said "if that's for me I'm not here." He walked down the aisle and said to the caller, "no. I haven't seen him." I guess he wasn't quite as crabby as I thought.
Forest animals should never invite hunters into the forest, hunters must enter the forest within their own capacity!
My ask time favorite is when some person you know but not THAT well asks you "how are you" and you answer "better". They will feel suddenly so guilty about not knowing what happened to you.
Find an empty mayo jar. Fill it with vanilla pudding. Take a spoon. Go to some public place, find a bench, sit down and start eating...
I wanted to do this but use scooby snack cookies that look like dog treats.
Load More Replies...I had this little device (about the size of two stacked quarters) that made sounds - including a creaking door opening, a little child giggling, fast footsteps, and my favorite: a voice whispering, "hey, can you hear me?" you could set it to go off at multiple different intervals, and adjust the volume... It was attached to a magnet. I loved to put it in the ceiling airvent in the management office especially - a nice prank especially for the overnight manager (who was always alone). You could set it faintly enough that it usually couldn't be heard when multiple managers were in there working together and during the bustle of daytime business activity... But at nighttime, when you're all alone and it's nice and quiet... Gold!
For people who like to take up two parking spaces, leave a note that says "Sorry, but you can barely see it"
You're not just pranking, you're doing the Lord's work.
Load More Replies...I did one at my workplace, someone had brought in a big tub of Celebrations chocolates. Once the tub was empty, I stuck a post-it note on it that read: "Do not open unless you are willing to kill it". The tub just sat there for about a month, no-one would go near it.
This would drive me nuts. I would be caught between wanting to open it and kill it, or watching how long people would avoid it. I'm the office superhero for trap and release or killing various critters.
Load More Replies...I loathe practical jokes, because most of the time they are humiliating and mean spirited. These are what practical jokes should be. The chicken one is particularly hilarious 😂
Agree, there were still some on this list that I found a bit mean, but the really harmless ones made me smile
Load More Replies...My dog managed to chew the face off of one of his stuffed toys in such a way that the face is perfectly intact, just separated from the stuffy. My son is a bit grossed out by this bodiless face, as it has been liberally bathed in dog slobber and sketchy mouth odor. Naturally, it has found it's way into his backpack, hoodie pocket, sock drawer, and car gear shift. 😂
I changed “carpark” in the autocorrect in my wife’s phone to “gin bar”. Like when she’s coming home from work and she tries to text “Just walking to the carpark” She doesn’t know how to fix it. It drives her crazy, but still always laughs.
I was at the local Walmart waiting for a curmudgeon to decide what kind of soup he wanted. The supply was limited and he was none-too-happy about it. Kept mumbling and grumbling and may have even cursed under his breath. His phone rang and as he pulled it from his pocket I said "if that's for me I'm not here." He walked down the aisle and said to the caller, "no. I haven't seen him." I guess he wasn't quite as crabby as I thought.
Forest animals should never invite hunters into the forest, hunters must enter the forest within their own capacity!
My ask time favorite is when some person you know but not THAT well asks you "how are you" and you answer "better". They will feel suddenly so guilty about not knowing what happened to you.
Find an empty mayo jar. Fill it with vanilla pudding. Take a spoon. Go to some public place, find a bench, sit down and start eating...
I wanted to do this but use scooby snack cookies that look like dog treats.
Load More Replies...I had this little device (about the size of two stacked quarters) that made sounds - including a creaking door opening, a little child giggling, fast footsteps, and my favorite: a voice whispering, "hey, can you hear me?" you could set it to go off at multiple different intervals, and adjust the volume... It was attached to a magnet. I loved to put it in the ceiling airvent in the management office especially - a nice prank especially for the overnight manager (who was always alone). You could set it faintly enough that it usually couldn't be heard when multiple managers were in there working together and during the bustle of daytime business activity... But at nighttime, when you're all alone and it's nice and quiet... Gold!
